Installing TurnKey VMs on XenServer hosts

Installing 12.0 TurnKey Linux VMs on Citrix XenServer 6.1/6.2:

Citrix XenServer console (create VM):

• New VM
• Choose Other template (implies HVM guest instead of PV)
• Choose ISO image for installation soure
• Add one disk for root and one disk for swap
• Start installing VM
• Chose entire disk instead of LVM (otherwise the disks cannot be resized by the host)

VM's console (configure guest):

• apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get install linux-image-686-bigmem
• For the console you need to add the following line in /etc/inittab before line1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1:
  • co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 hvc0
• In /etc/fstab switch from /dev/hd* to /dev/xvd* if needed
• Shut down the VM

Citrix XenServer console (change virtualisation technique for this guest from HVM to PV):

• xe vm-list power-state=halted (write down UUID for the VM)
• xe vm-param-set uuid=UUID HVM-boot-policy= (leave blank after equals sign)
• xe vm-param-set uuid=UUID PV-bootloader=pygrub
• xe vm-disk-list uuid=UUID (find VDB disk's UUID of root partition)
• xe vbd-param-set uuid=VBD's UUID bootable=true
• Reconnect to server in XenCenter Manager

VM's console (install XenTools)

• Start appliance
• mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
• /mnt/Linux/install.sh
• umount /mnt
• Eject xs-tools.iso from the VM's CD-ROM, otherwise the VM won't boot.
• sudo reboot